NASA loses contact with MAVEN orbiter as it goes silent behind Mars
Flight controllers and technical specialists are racing to pinpoint the cause of the radio failure and restore contact with the orbiter.
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NASA's James Webb Telescope witnesses stellar explosion from just 730 million years after the Big Bang
Previously, the most ancient supernova ever confirmed dated back to when the universe was 1.8 billion years old.
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Longest gamma-ray burst ever detected blazed for over seven hours — and astronomers are baffled
NASA's Fermi telescope was the first to identify the highly unusual cosmic explosion.
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From NASA's first lunar excursion in 50 years to first Starships aimed at Mars—launches scheduled for 2026
The new year will bring a plethora of space missions, some more exciting than others.
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Sun fires off massive X-class flare resulting in radio blackouts in Australia and parts of Southeast Asia
The enormous burst of energy, which peaked at 12:01 a.m. on December 8, was imaged by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
2 days ago
NASA's Jonny Kim and crew land aboard Soyuz MS-27 after spending eight months in space
The spacecraft carrying astronaut Kim, cosmonaut Ryzhikov, and cosmonaut Zubritsky pulled away from the orbiting complex at 8:41 p.m. EST on Monday.
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been built—all set to unlock new secrets of the universe
The final milestone in construction was reached on November 25, as technicians carefully joined the giant telescope's inner and outer components.
3 days ago
NASA and NOAA forecast CME impact on December 9, geomagnetic storm warning issued
The space weather alert was triggered by an M8-class solar flare from sunspot 4299 on December 6, which immediately preceded the incoming CME.
3 days ago
NASA's Hubble captures new view of 3I/ATLAS as ESA’s Juice spots heightened comet activity
The Hubble captured the image on November 30, while Juice caught a glimpse of the interstellar visitor shortly after perihelion.
6 days ago
5 mind-blowing discoveries NASA's James Webb Space Telescope made that Hubble Telescope couldn't
The James Webb captures a more panoramic image of stars and galaxies, spectacular visuals that were missed by most other observatories.
7 days ago
NASA astronomers warn explosive satellite growth poses 'a very severe threat' to space telescope data
The population of satellites could grow to a massive 560,000 by the end of the 2030s.
7 days ago
NASA's James Webb Telescope spots 'super-puff' exoplanet leaking substantial volume of helium into space
The exoplanet is located seven times closer to its star than Mercury is to our own planet.
7 days ago
NASA's JWST discovers massive Milky Way-like spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang
The discovery comes as a surprise to scientists, as they believed the formation of such well-organized spiral galaxies took billions of years.
7 days ago
Comet 3I/ATLAS's closest approach: NASA’s December 2025 skywatching tips
With the interstellar visitor headed for its closest approach to our home planet, NASA has advised people on how to best observe the comet 3I/ATLAS.
Dec 2, 2025
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observes mysterious ultraviolet radiation in stellar nursery
Five young stars in the Ophiuchus region were studied to detect ultraviolet radiation and understand its role in the formation of stars.
Dec 1, 2025
NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX captured stunning images of Earth and Moon before heading to asteroid Apophis
On September 23, 2025, NASA's OSIRIS-APEX successfully used an Earth flyby to slingshot toward its target: potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis.
Dec 1, 2025
International Space Station welcomes NASA astronaut Chris Williams and cosmonaut companions
NASA astronaut Chris Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, safely arrived at the ISS.
Nov 28, 2025
Bright green fireball traveling close to 100,000 mph lights up sky above Michigan's Great Lakes
Several eyewitnesses reported the sighting before NASA looked into it.
Nov 28, 2025
NASA's Perseverance rover detects giant sunspot 15 times wider than Earth rotating toward our planet
Perseverance's main job is Martian weather forecasting, but its routine solar scans on November 25 unexpectedly detected the large sunspot.
Nov 27, 2025
One NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to launch to ISS aboard Soyuz MS-28 on Thanksgiving Day
The Soyuz MS-28 will carry NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev and veteran Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.
Nov 27, 2025